JaJuan Johnson

In an average of 31.3 minutes a game, Johnson averaged 15.4 points (3rd on team), 7.3 rebounds (1st), and 1 steal per game.

Johnson shot 72 percent at the line, while leading the top ten ranked Purdue squad with 2 blocks a game and shooting 51 percent from the floor.

Johnson was named Second-Team All-Big Ten and received consecutive Big Ten All-Defensive Team honors at the end of the regular season.

With Purdue receiving a 4 seed in the NCAA tournament, Johnson led the Boilermakers in the First Round victory against Siena, where he had 23 points, 15 rebounds, and 3 blocks, leading to consecutive Sweet Sixteen appearances after beating Texas A&M in overtime.

In his final game of his junior season, Johnson had team highs with 23 points, making 10 of 17 attempts, while tallying 5 rebounds and 4 blocks in a losing effort against Duke.

Johnson ended this junior season with the second most career blocks in school history with 184, after Joe Barry Carroll's 349 from 1977 to 1980.

Johnson held the third highest average in school history with 1.7 blocks per game, behind Carroll and Russell Cross.

He spent the following summer practicing with Team USA.

JaJuan Markeis Johnson (born February 8, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

He played college basketball at Purdue University.

During his sophomore season, he was named a first-team All-Big Ten selection.

As a junior, he was named a second-team All-Big Ten selection.

As a senior, a first-team consensus All-American as well as the Big Ten Player of the Year and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.

Johnson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.

He attended Franklin Central High School in Indianapolis, where he played for head coach Mark James.

Tall for his age, Johnson played on the B-team in the 7th and 8th grade.

He finished his senior year averaging 20.6 points and 9.1 rebounds a game for the Flashes.

Johnson was named to the Indiana All-Star Team with future NBA players, Eric Gordon, Jeff Teague, Robbie Hummel, and E'Twaun Moore.

Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Johnson was listed as the No. 9 power forward and the No. 42 player in the nation in 2007.

The 6'10", 215 lb forward/center committed to the Purdue University Boilermakers to play under head coach Matt Painter as part of a top five recruiting class, along with fellow Indiana All-Stars Robbie Hummel, E'Twaun Moore and Scott Martin. He averaged 5.4 points and 3.1 rebounds a game, while starting in 17 of the 34 games in which he appeared in during his freshman season. He helped the Boilermakers to a second straight NCAA tournament appearance, including a game against Baylor in the first round, where he scored 10 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and blocked 2 shots in 20 minutes.

Johnson averaged 13.4 points (second on team) and led the conference with 2.2 blocks a game, for which, he was named a First-Team All-Big Ten selection as well as to the Big Ten All-Defensive Team along with teammate, Chris Kramer.

He also led the conference shooting 54 percent from the field.

Johnson opened conference play with a 15 rebound effort against Illinois on December 30, 2008.

On February 3, 2009, he recorded a career high 30 points at Ohio State and had his career 7 blocks in a game at Northwestern on January 15, 2009.

He recorded five double-doubles on the season, all coming in conference play.

Johnson led Purdue to the program's first Big Ten tournament championship and was named to the all-tournament team and helped lead them to a Sweet Sixteen appearance.

In the second-round game in the NCAA Tournament against Washington in the last seconds, he blocked back-to-back shots to seal the win while adding 22 points and a total of 4 blocks.

Finishing with a 27–10 record, he is one of four Boilermakers to share the school record for most games played in a season.

He also moved amongst Joe Barry Carroll in the Purdue records with the third most blocks in a season with 78.

Johnson considered entering the 2009 NBA draft, but made a verbal commitment to return for the junior year.

He began his junior season as a preseason first team all-Big Ten selection by CBS Sports.

In the season, he recorded nine double-doubles, while leading Purdue to its best start in 16 years (14–0).

Johnson was named the Big Ten Player of the Week in late January, averaging 22.5 points and 9.5 rebounds in two games (2–0).

On February 9, 2010, Johnson recorded his 1,000th career point in a road game win against #10 ranked Michigan State.

Finishing with a 14–4 record in conference play, Johnson led Purdue to its first Big Ten title in fourteen years, climaxing with a road win against Penn State, where he had 21 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks, and shot 11–14 at the line.

Johnson, along with teammate E'Twaun Moore, entered the 2010 NBA draft, but withdrew and returned to school after scouts projected him as a second-round pick.

JaJuan entered his senior season as an AP preseason All-American.

He recorded twelve double-doubles on the season and recorded a career high of 31 points against Indiana State.

On February 27, Johnson achieved career highs with 17 rebounds and 7 blocks against Michigan State.

He scored in double-figures every game, which included twenty two 20+ games.